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Remembrance Day in Sri Lanka, also known as the National War heroes commemoration day, marks the capitulation of the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) and the end to the Sri Lankan Civil War on 18 May 2009. The day is a war heroes commemoration day as well as a remembrance day for civilians who died in the war from both sides.
Armistice Day celebrations in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania on 11 November 1918. Armistice Day, later known as Remembrance Day in the Commonwealth and Veterans Day in the United States, is commemorated every year on 11 November to mark the armistice signed between the Allies of World War I and Germany at Compiègne, France, at 5:45 am [1] for the cessation of hostilities on the Western Front of ...
She wanted to mark Remembrance Day – which occurs annually on November 11 to honour Britain’s war dead – in a unique way through creating seven tea bags with objects and symbols synonymous ...
Remembrance Day (Chinese: 和平紀念日; Cantonese Yale: wòh pìhng géi nihm yaht; lit. 'Peace remembering day') is an anniversary in Hong Kong initially celebrating the end of World War I, [1] and was later expanded to commemorate the lives lost in the Battle of Hong Kong and World War II. [2] The anniversary was initially celebrated ...
In the United States, President Woodrow Wilson hailed the first Armistice Day celebration on 11 November 1919, although it would not be formalised by Congress until 1926. France followed suit in ...
For years Workers' Memorial Day events have been organized in North America, and then worldwide. Since 1989, trade unions in North America, Asia, Europe and Africa have organized events on April 28. The late Hazards Campaigner Tommy Harte brought Workers' Memorial Day to the UK in 1992 as a day to ‘Remember the Dead: Fight for the Living'.
Day of Remembrance for Truth and Justice; Day of Remembrance of the Victims of Political Repressions; Day of the Young Combatant; Day to Mark the Departure and Expulsion of Jews from the Arab Countries and Iran; Iron Sword War Memorial Day; Democracy and National Unity Day
Opinion - Veterans Day lessons of remembrance for Donald Trump. Harlan Ullman, opinion contributor. November 11, 2024 at 12:30 PM. Today is Veteran’s Day in America.